The pictures have a reality for me that the people don't. It is through the photographs that I know them. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. ” — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
Photography has always reminded me of the second child.. trying to prove itself. The fact that it wasn't really considered an art..… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
There was no such person as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was an invention of hers. A genius invention that she created, like… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be called an artist. I wanted to be called a photographer. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
i'm beginning to feel like this. caught the incredible sunshine just in the nick of time today on my walk. the wall… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think all my pictures are just pictures of me. My concern is...the human predicament; only what I consider the human… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
Snapshots that have been taken of me working show something I was not aware of at all, that over and over again I'm holding… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
There's always been a separation between fashion and what I call my deeper work. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
I can see myself as a very old man in a terrific wheelchair. Only, I won't be photographing the tree outside my window, the… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
I am, and forever will be, devastated by the gift of Audrey Hepburn before my camera. I cannot lift her to greater heights. She… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
I've photographed just about everyone in the world. But what I hope to do is photograph people of accomplishment, not celebrity, and help define… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
If each photograph steals a bit of the soul, isn't it possible that I give up pieces of mine every time I take a… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
Marilyn Monroe gave more to the still camera than any actress, any woman I've ever photographed; infinitely more patient, more demanding of herself and… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
It's in trying to direct the traffic between Artiface [sic] and Candor, without being run over, that I'm confronted with the questions about photography… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but… — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image